AniManGaki 2026
Cosplay Competition

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Cosplayers, do you have what it takes to be our Cosplay Competition champion?

Your journey to greatness starts right here, right now! Partner up with a cosplay friend,
showcase your craftsmanship, dress for the occasion, and put on the greatest performance
on our AniManGaki 2026 stage to dazzle a panel of judges and a live audience.

Wow the judges and the crowd for a shot at our crazy RM11,000 cash and goodies prize
pool, proudly brought to you by ILLEGEAR!

Competition Prizes

1st Place

RM3,900
worth of cash & goodies

2nd Place

RM3,400
worth of cash & goodies

3rd Place

RM2,800
worth of cash & goodies

Crowd Favourite

RM1,000
worth of cash & goodies

Registration for AniManGaki 2026
Cosplay Competition has Closed!

How to Participate

Rules & Regulations

Read through the Cosplay Competition Rules and Regulation (R&R) below.
Got questions? Just drop us an email at [email protected].

Cosplay Competition R&R

Registration Form

Take your time to fill out the registration form properly with all the right info.
Make sure everything’s accurate so we don’t miss anything!

Registration Form

~~Registration closes on 23rd August, 23:59 (GMT +8)~~
Contestants count reached. Thank you for registering with us.

Judges

HACHI

Hello! I am a cosplayer with over 10 years of experience. I represented Hong Kong at WCS2022 and placed third at EVO JAPAN 2024. I create my own costumes and props and am active in events across different countries, including Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong. I’m excited to be a judge at AMG 2025 and look forward to seeing the amazing talent from all the contestants. Let’s enjoy this fun event together!

JASPER Z

Representing Thailand on the biggest global stages, JasperZ is a world-renowned cosplayer and a multi-award winner at the World Cosplay Summit (WCS), taking home 3rd Place globally in both 2018 and 2022. With top honors in costume craftsmanship, stage performance, and comedy, as well as a Champion title at GICOF 2017 in Korea, JasperZ brings years of elite-level experience to the judge’s table!

YUAN (From Team Manboobs)

Part of Team Manboobs, Yuan represented Malaysia in the World Cosplay Summit year 2011 & 2017, has been cosplaying for over 15 years.

Along with her partner, they were also winners of the AniManGaki 2018 cosplay competition, the Anime Festival Asia 2015 cosplay competition and were Malaysian representatives at Tokyo Game Show 2013.

Yuan also judged for multiple competitions, such as Animangaki 2016, even judged overseas in Indonesia , and was part of the Umigomi: Project Zero Guest cosplay project in Japan, JobTribes Cosplayers Collab etc.

As recent as last year, Yuan gave a panel on Introduction to Cosplay Makeups for cosplayers both old & new to the scene alongside a few other cosplay mentors.